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Brown Prionid

Orthosoma brunneum

11,529 observations in the source records

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What the records say

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in New York.January 72, February 71, March 96, April 168, May 288, June 141, July 307, August 97, September 113, October 104, November 71, December 66.
United States9,994
New York1,392
Canada1,040
North Carolina934
Virginia912
Pennsylvania843
Maryland757
Ontario675
Massachusetts614
Tennessee424

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • MetamorphosisUndergoes dramatic body transformation during developmentFrom its classification
  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassInsects · Insecta
OrderBeetles · Coleoptera
FamilyLonghorn Beetles · Cerambycidae
GenusOrthosoma

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